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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:
Mr. Don Thorson

License 1598 1889 – 1992
Taught himself to fly in a Jenny 1919.
Took Ford AT4#20 from factory in 1928.
First Ford used for Barnstorming. Apparently first pilot to fly 500 people in 1 day. In 1930 flew 750 people in one day at 1 cent / pound.
Trained about 3000 pilots for CPT.
Started crop dusting at 63, quit at 83.
Received medical at 93.
Over 40,000 hrs flying without a crash.
Friend of Charles Lindberg.
Memorialized by Milton Caniff in Steve Canyon on 80th birthday.